City Council members in Laguna Hills approved an election district map in an initial vote to transition the city to a district-based voting system after legal threats regarding voting rights.
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Laguna Hills Becomes Latest OC City to Adopt District Elections Amid Legal Threats
After two years of resistance, Laguna Hills City Council members approved an intent to transition to district-based elections.
Posted inCountywide, Fullerton, News Briefs, Top Stories
Fullerton City Council Set to Decide on Voting Districts Map
Council members are expected to select a district map Tuesday that will be on the ballot in November when residents will decide whether to move the city to a council-district electoral system.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Top Stories
Garden Grove Residents Criticize City’s Outreach on Council Districts
With the Garden Grove City Council set to approve maps for the city’s new electoral districts, some question whether leaders responsible for removing barriers to voting for underrepresented groups have done enough outreach.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Top Stories
‘People’s Map’ Victory a Lesson in Hardball Activism
Threats of a protest outside a major convention in Anaheim this year likely made the difference in getting members of the city’s council majority to change their minds regarding the new council districts map.
Posted inAnaheim, Top Stories
Anaheim Council Gives Final Approval to ‘People’s Map’
Despite an eleventh-hour revelation that the council districts map no longer has a Latino majority district, council members stood by their decision to adopt the map and put the most Latino district up for election this year.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
Another Twist in Anaheim’s ‘People’s Map’ Drama
Latinos and many other city residents hailed the map as perfectly balancing the diverse interests of Anaheim’s various communities. But city officials now say the map has no Latino majority districts.
Posted inCountywide, Garden Grove, Health & Wellness, News Briefs, Top Stories
Garden Grove Mayor Will Continue to be Elected on At-Large Basis
Garden Grove will expand its city council and keep an at-large elected mayor, after the City Council Tuesday evening approved a settlement to a lawsuit challenging its transition to district elections.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Health & Wellness, Top Stories
A ‘People’s’ Victory in Anaheim
In a rare win for the city’s activists, the City Council Tuesday night voted to restore a council districts map, known as the “people’s map,” that has broad community support and put a Latino-majority district up for election in 2016.
Posted inAnaheim, Countywide, Top Stories
Anaheim City Manager Denies Mayor’s Request to Discuss ‘People’s Map’
Based on a technicality, the city manager decided not to agendize Mayor Tom Tait’s request to discuss restoring a widely supported council districts map. Tait and his allies say the denial is “outrageous.”
